The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-03-10
THE SENATE amia


OF the total number Of bills which na..ad
the senate $40 became laws, including 1lS
Of pubic and POS Of q strictlv 1iva,a
nature. The following IL . list Of tho more
important senate bulls placed ON the statute
books OF the present congress-:
The presidential succession.l hin a.vo,,,,.
netiisnip 70 mo presidency upon mezabers Of the
osoinet. IN the event Of = vacancy IN The once
mePce hi an ana Sice president: interstats COM
saeae collars the electoral count bill: for Era a
ta OF lands IN seteralty to Indians ana e.
tSa the protection Of the laws to Indisns on
ONCE act; to increase tho annual appronristion
ior militia to establish aericultursi experiment
oosics aGd Tor the study Of the effects Of mar
iieeallze the incorporation Of tradoa unions: Ia
Increase o tho pension for tho loss Of an arm or
lex S 70 ingenuity tho Chinese for loss Sustained
washington Territory and Idaho: for the settle
.,,ens OF accounts for arms between Montana
snG me United States: to amend the laws re-
10 authorize the postmaster general to allow
compensation for railroads for apartment car
nrovd t furnished pursuant TO aereement to
nese treaty of Nov. IL, 1870!
W tne foregoing measures seven became
laws by the expiration of the constitutional
zen days limit, the Mormon polygary, trade
o osnatS NH militia and four private bila The
Der: eleven being Of public and twenty
eight of private character Among the pub
TIC Oils vetoed were these:
No quiet the titles Of settlers on tho Des
seo. s1ver lands passed over the veto in tho
SSouse); tor the erection Of public building at
sioux City. Iowa: to grant railroads right Of
wy thronRh an Indian reservation in Montana.
The ninety-three house bills vetoed in
Guided eighty seven private bills and six
bills OF public nature Among the public
bills vetoed were those for the erection of a
federal building at Duluth, Mimi to dis
tribute seeds among the drouth- stricken
dependent soldiers and dependent relatives
OF deceased sOldicra
THE REGULAR APPROPRIATION BILLS
winch tailed OF enactment were the fortifca-
ZION olli tor both congresses, the river and
not signed by the president) and the de-
hciency bill, on which the conference report
was not submitted in time for action. Fifty
| oils In addition to these which became
laws and those vetoed were sent to the pres
1ournment of congress, and therefore failed
Inc most important are as follows:
ment OF convict and alien labor on public works
Of Kansas; the O'Nel labor arbitration bill for
the settlement of controversies between inter-
state roads and their employees; tho Morrison
Waah;n resOiTson: 10 annex part OF Idaho to
The Northern Pacific forfeiture bill and
the bill to repeal the presumption and
tlmDer culture and desert land laws
were in conference for a long while, but the
differences proved 1rreconcilabie The bill
to tax fractional parts O. gallon of spirits
was killed by refusal of the house to nc
cept the conference report Bills establish
ing additional aids to navigation at the
mouth of the Mississippi and FORGETTING the
land grant to railroad from Ontonagon to
the Wisconsin state line also failed In con
ference. while the bill to create q depart
ment OF agriculture and labor was killed by
the inability of its friends TO SEND it to con-
ference committee About $50 bills and
joint resolutions which passed the house
failed of action in the senate, some of which
we're defeated by adverse committee re-
ports The most important Of these are Al
follows:
To authorize the establishment Of export to-
| bacco manufactures and for q drawback upon
| imported articles used In manufacturing ex-
! ported tobacco: terminate certain Chinese
| treaty stipulations and prohibit the Chinese i'm
! migration In the United States.
About seventy-fve bills passed by the seu-
ate failed of passage in the house The Blair
educational bill, after passing the senate was
never allowed to come before the house 70,
action, although its friends claimed de.
ctded majority in it's favor on test vote